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Feature: Black Bean Games European Launch
of Dangerous Waters
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Snippet directly from the Press Kit:
"Made exclusively for the European launch of SCS Dangerous
Waters, presents the historic film that reveals the amazing
story of the submarine USS Nautilus. In July of 1951 Congress
authorized construction of the world's first nuclear powered
submarine. On December 12th of that year, the Navy Department
announced that she would be the sixth ship of the fleet to
bear the name NAUTILUS. Her keel was laid by President Harry
S. Truman at the Electric Boat Shipyard in Groton, Connecticut
on June 14, 1952. First, witness the launch of USS Nautilus
— the world's first "true" submarine, capable
of staying underwater for months without refueling or surfacing.
At 11 a. m. EST on January 17, 1955, Commander Eugene P. Wilkinson
USN, ordered all lines cast off and signaled the memorable
and historic message, "Underway on Nuclear Power."
Nautilus broke many records and in 1958 became the first submarine
to cruise underneath the North Pole."
Players
who pre-order the game will get 4 additional manuals which
deal with the following topics:
Volume
I: Mission editor; Volume
II: Naval station; Volume
III: MH-60 / P-3C; Volume
IV: Kilo Class -Akula Class - Seawolf Class - 688 Class.
The content
of the 4 manuals is the same as the full English manual originally
supplied through Battlefront.com with the addition of the
Mission Editor manual, which has until now only been available
as a PDF.
The retail
game itself ships with a 100 odd page manual that is localized
for Germany, France, Spanish and apparently Italian. The 4
additional manuals above are not localized (statement by a
Black Bean official). This means that good knowledge of the
English language is still needed. On top of that, you will
encounter the problem unique to those situations, where your
written manual will be in one language while the game itself
is in a different one. The game will be shipped patched up
to v1.03 and will have a special presentation by CDR Jeff
Tall included. On top of that, a special voucher offering
a 50% off all tickets to the RNSM will be included within
the Dangerous Waters box.
On the
whole the European version gives you a lot of bang-for-the-buck,
especially for people who prefer Single Player over the multiplayer
experience. The added content, most notably the high quality
missions by Bill Nichols which provide you a lot of worthwhile
game time. All in all, considering the original campaign /
missions and the added content together, we are looking at
easily 100 hours of game time in single player alone. On top
of that you get a well-balanced and stable multiplayer game
experience which is unlike any other simulation on the market
right now. The introduction by CDR Jeff Tall and the Nautilus
Documentary are just the tasty cream on the cake. You surely
should not miss that one.
Black
Bean Games have a S.C.S. Dangerous Waters site here
and an official forum aimed at creating a strong European
community. One little drawback to this at the moment is the
fact that to register at the forum you need to be able to
read Italian. However, Davide from Black Bean Games has mentioned
that their IT department is currently working on resolving
the issue.
After
the presentation there was plenty of time to talk to Jamie
one-on-one.
That is, after he had completed his Interview for TVE, a Spanish
TV station.
After
the Lunch, we were offered the chance to take part in a guided
tour of the WW2 submarine HMS Alliance. Our guide was CDR
Jeff Tall who has served as Commanding Officer on both Diesel
and Nuclear submarines (though not on the HMS Alliance itself).
CDR Jeff Tall is our
guide in a tour of the HMS Alliance.
CDR Jeff Tall commented
about some of the Dangerous Waters missions:
"... this is the exact same stuff we did during the
Cold war".
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